Gunn Wanted Bowie For “Guardians” Sequel

Filmmaker James Gunn has revealed that musician David Bowie, who passed away last night from cancer, was under consideration for a cameo in his upcoming “Guardians of the Galaxy” sequel at Marvel Studios. In a posting on his Facebook page, Gunn spoke about what was originally planned and his love for the talented artist:

“Just a very short while ago Kevin Feige and I were talking about a cameo role in ‘Guardians Vol. 2,’ and he brought up Bowie’s name. I told him nothing in the world would make me happier, but I heard from common friends he wasn’t doing well. We heard back that he was okay and it could potentially happen. Who knows what that was about? But, for whatever reason, it made my Twitter revelation more of a surprise.

Bowie was an idol of mine, huge and omnipresent. Few artists in any field have had as an indelible impression upon me as he has. To my mind, Ziggy Stardust is perhaps the greatest rock and roll album of all time. We featured ‘Moonage Daydream’ in Guardians, but I always thought the album’s character was felt far beyond that, in the aesthetics, in the integral and seemingly-natural linking in popular culture of ’70’s rock and space opera.

I’ve been trying to work another song from Ziggy into the sequel, which would make Bowie the only artist to have a song on both Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. I thought this was fair and appropriate. Although I cut the scene it was used in from the script, we have the rights. Who knows. Maybe I can figure a way out.”

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” will begin shooting shortly ahead of a May 5th 2017 release.